Box or basket



' (No Model.)

B BEHNE BOX ORBASKET.

No. 472,849. Patented Apr. 12, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST BEHNE, OF ST. LOUIS,- MISSOURI.

BOX oR BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 472,849, dated April12, 1892.

Application filed September 14, 1891. Serial No. 405,645. (No model.)

invented a certain new and useful Improve-.

ment in Boxes or Baskets, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a box or basket made of sheet metal andstrengthened by strips of wood that pass through rows of perforations inthe sheet metal to strengthen the same; and my invention consists infeatures of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in theclaim.

Figure I is a perspective view illustrating my invention. Fig. II is adetail View showing a portion of the perforated sheet metal. Fig. IIIillustrates one of the strengtheningstrips. Fig. IV is a verticalsection taken through one side of the box.

In the drawings, 1 represents the sides, and 2 the ends, of the box orbasket.

3 represents the bottom; 4, the top bars connected to the sides "andends of the box by rivets et and 5 corner-pieces covering the ends ofthe bars.

The sides and ends of the box or basket (and the bottom, if desired) areconstructed of sheet metal, having perforations 6, that are made invertical rows, andstrips of wood 7 pass through such perforations, beingthreaded or woven through, as shown clearlyin Figs.

I and IV. The rows of perforations are preferably made in vertical linesand extend diagonally from the top toward the bottom around the box orbasket, so that the strips.

will afford the greatest amount possible of strength to the metal of thebox or basket,

that material, as they may be of other mate- I rials.

' I have described my invention as a box or basket; but it is evidentthat the construction I have described could be used in barrels, kegs,or any other articles of a similar nature to those mentioned.

I claim as-my invention- A box or basket consisting of sheet metal,

having diagonal rows of perforations and strengthening-strips passedthrough the perforations, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

ERNST BEl-INE.

In presence of' E. S. KNIGHT, A. M. EBERSOLE.

